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About Piparahia Village

Piparahia is a small village in Robertsganj tehsil, in the district of Sonbhadra, Uttar Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 43, made up of 25 males and 18 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 720 females per 1000 males. The village covers 7.86 hectares hectares.

Piparahia Overview

Census 2011 figures for Piparahia village
Description Value
State Uttar Pradesh
District Sonbhadra
Tehsil Robertsganj
Area (hectares) 7.86 hectares
Population 43
Male Population 25
Female Population 18
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 720
Bus Service (public) Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Piparahia compares

By the 2011 count Piparahia is the 696th largest of the 732 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 1,032 residents. Its 7.86 hectares work out to about 5.5 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 942.

Getting to Piparahia

Piparahia is fairly remote, with both bus and rail more than ten kilometres away. The census records public bus service for Piparahia as Available within 10+ km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 10+ km distance. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within 10+ km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Piparahia from other places

Piparahia lies about 31 km from Sonbhadra, and the nearest railway station is Phaphrakund, about 8.2 km away. The figures below are straight-line distances from the village to each place. A road journey is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again.

Distances from Piparahia
Nearest railway station Phaphrakund 8.2 km
Nearest town Obra 13 km
Tehsil headquarters Robertsganj 31 km
District headquarters Sonbhadra 31 km

Villages closest to Piparahia

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Robertsganj tehsil.

Source: Census of India 2011, the most recent completed census. Figures have not been revised since collection. Read more on our about the data page.

Common questions about Piparahia

As per the Census of India 2011, Piparahia village had a population of 43. That makes it the 696th largest of the 732 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,032 residents.

Piparahia village has 25 males and 18 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Piparahia has about 720 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 942.

Piparahia covers 7.86 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 5.5 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Piparahia falls under Robertsganj tehsil of Sonbhadra district in Uttar Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Piparahia is Phaphrakund, about 8.2 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 10+ km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within 10+ km distance and private bus service as Available within 10+ km distance for Piparahia.

Piparahia is about 31 km from Sonbhadra in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Piparahia is in Robertsganj tehsil of Sonbhadra district. Phaphrakund is about 8.2 km away. Obra is about 13 km away. Robertsganj is about 31 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Pipara (under 2 km), Amilia (3.3 km) and Parshoi (4.6 km).

No. It is the count from the Census of India 2011, the most recent completed census. The population of Piparahia today is likely to be higher.

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